2013 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, F. - Thermally Induced Changes in Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Native Silks. Biomacromolecules, 14 (3): 930-937 access
2013 Porter, D., Guan, J. & Vollrath, F. - Spider Silk: super material or thin fibre? Advanced Materials, 25 (9): 1275-1279 access
2012 Guan, J., Porter, D. & Vollrath, V. - Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load. Polymer, 53 (13): 2717–2726 access
2011 Guan, J., Vollrath, F. & Porter, D. - Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction in Nephila Spider Dragline Silk. Biomacromolecules, 12 (11): 4030–4035 access
2010 Guan, J., Porter, D., Tian, K., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen, X. - Morphology and mechanical properties of soy protein scaffolds made by directional freezing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 118 (3): 1658–1665 access
2009 Guan, J., Tian, K., Yao, J.R., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen X. - Preparation of High Molecular Weight Soy Protein Aqueous Solution And Separation of Its main Components. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2: 250-254 access
2008 Tian, K., Guan, J., Shao, Z.Z. & Chen, X. - Structural and functional study of soybean protein isolation. Progress in Chemistry, 20 (4): 565-573 access
Awards
1st place poster prize “How do silks cope with stress?” (1st of 300 through intensive competition), Junior Euromat in Lausanne CH, July 2012
1st place poster prize “The quality of silkworm silks: welfare, behaviour and performance”, Thermal Analysis meeting in Manchester UK, November 2010
Green Templeton College Competitive conference fund judged on merit of research (Green Templeton College, September 2012)
Green Templeton College learning grants (November 2011 and September 2012)
University graduate training fund (through the Department of Zoology, Oxford, July 2012)
Chinese Ministry of Education – University of Oxford Scholarship (5 offers in 2009)
Screenwriter and director of the winning drama <Qu Yuan> at 2004 annual competition of the best class in Tianjin university
Conferences: Talks and Posters
Talk: Silk quality revealed using Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA) 6th BACSA International Conference: Building Value Chains in Sericulture, 7 April 2013, Padua, Italy
Talk: Spider silk morphology for responsive materials Materials Research Society Fall meeting, 26 November 2012, Boston, USA
Talk: How do silks cope with “stress”? Mechanical properties of silks under load
European Materials Science and Engineering Conference, 26 September 2012, Darmstadt, Germany,
Talk and poster:Silks cope with stress by tuning their mechanical properties under load Junior Euromat 2012, 23 July 2012, Lausanne, CH
Talk and poster: Bio-actuation: Mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider silk Biofuture 2011, 16 November 2011, Ghent, Belgium
Poster: The quality of silkworm silks: Welfare, behaviour and performance Thermal Analysis Meeting 2010, Manchester, UK
Invited talk: Silks bridge between physics and biology Junior Researchers’ Club, Zoology department, Oxford, 5 May 2012
Talk: Silks cope with “stress” by tuning their mechanical properties Animal Behaviour Research Group seminar, Oxford, 26 April 2012
Talk: Two mechanisms for supercontraction in Nephila spider dragline silk
Oxford Silk Group meeting for Air Force Office of Scientific Research (USA) lab visit, July 2011
Presentation: ‘Spinning a good yarn’ Green Templeton College Student Presentations, Oxford, June 2011
Media and Science Engagements
Help with filming of TV programmmes in our laboratory, including National Geographic, BBC, Teachers Channel, Dubai TV, Canadian TV
Assistant at Human Welfare Conference 2010 at Oxford university (Green Templeton College) and MRS Fall 2012, Boston USA
Other Qualifications and Training
English level: IELTS (Internatinal English Language Testing System) 8.0
TA Instrument training course on Operation and Data Interpretation of DMA Instrumentation
Oxford IT Learning Programme: Excel-Arrays, macros and VBA
Oxford IT Learning Programme: Database-Design essentials
Oxford IT Learning Programme: Statistics Introduction
First Aid Course by George Fell with Oxford University Walking Club
Prof. Fritz Vollrath and colleagues from the Fudan University in China are widely covered in the news for their discovery of a means to produce fake Rhino horns using horse hair. Hopes are that this product may undermine the illegal market for rhino horn, and demistify the properties of rhino horn. View Here
